Getting+Ready


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 * __Delicious __ is a place to save your Bookmarks or Favourites so that you can access them on any computer at any time, it is also a great resource by networking with other teachers and sharing their bookmarks as well. || __Slideshare __ is a great storage place for your documents and slideshows. It allows you to embed your docs/slideshows in wikis or blogs. It is also a great resource place to look at and download other teachers docs/slideshows. || To set up a __Google __ account you need to get Gmail, this is important because it will allow you access to Google Docs a very useful collaborative tool and a place to save documents that can be accessed on any computer. It allows you to create blogs in Blogger, and access to a lot more Google tools. ||
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 * Create an online storage system with __Dropbox __ for you and your students files. This could be a place where students store their work for marking, or where you could store files for them to access. || A __Jing __ account allows you to take screen captures and then annotate them with words, arrows and boxes, perfect for making instructions. || Register a __Wikispaces __ account so that you can join any of the wikis I have made or that other educators have made. Do this so that you can comment and collaborate on them. You will also one day might want to make your own professional or class wiki. ||
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 * Create an avatar that you can use to represent yourself online and also to use as a digital marking sticker for marking student's work || ====I recommend that you have at least 3 browsersMac (Safari, __Firefox __, __Chrome __) ====

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**Always make sure you have the latest** **Java** [] Click on Verify Now (Mac Users go to Apple - Software Update)

=**Flash player** []=

=**Adobe Shockwave Player** []=

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Macs - Press Shift -Command 4, click and drag around what you want to keep, the picture will be on your desktop
Press ** Fn ** and ** PrtSc ** keys on Keyboard Open Paint and press ** Ctrl V ** to paste
 * How to save a Screen Capture as a jpeg **

**( Vista )**

Click on the **Square Selector** button
 * click and drag around the part of the screen you want

**( XP )** Click on the **Square Selector** button
 * go to **Image - Crop**
 * select jpeg from **Save as Type**
 * click **Save**
 * click and drag around the part of the screen you want


 * press Ctrl C to copy the selection
 * Open up PowerPoint
 * Press Ctrl V to paste
 * click on the picture then right click on the picture
 * select Save as Picture
 * name the file and save to your Pictures folder